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Running Start Program: Legislation
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RCW 28A.600.385
High school students' options -- Cooperative agreements with community
colleges in Oregon and Idaho.
(1) School districts in Washington
and community colleges in Oregon and Idaho may enter into cooperative
agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW for the purpose of allowing
eleventh and twelfth grade students who are enrolled in the school
districts to earn high school and college credit concurrently.
(2) Except as provided in subsection
(3) of this section, if a school district exercises the authority
granted in subsection (1) of this section, the provisions of RCW
28A.600.310 through 28A.600.360 and 28A.600.380 through 28A.600.400
shall apply to the agreements.
(3) A school district may enter
an agreement in which the community college agrees to accept an
amount less than the statewide uniform rate under RCW 28A.600.310(2)
if the community college does not charge participating students
tuition and fees. A school district may not pay a per-credit rate
in excess of the statewide uniform rate under RCW 28A.600.310(2).
(4) To the extent feasible, the
agreements shall permit participating students to attend the community
college without paying any tuition and fees. The agreements shall
not permit the community college to charge participating students
nonresident tuition and fee rates.
(5) The agreements shall ensure
that participating students are permitted to enroll only in courses
that are transferable to one or more institutions of higher education
as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.
[1998 c 63 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding
-- 1998 c 63: "The
legislature finds that students may have difficulty attending community
college for the purpose of the running start program due
to the distance of the nearest community college. In these cases, it may be more
advantageous for students in border counties to attend community colleges in
neighboring states. The legislature encourages school districts to pursue interagency
agreements with community colleges in neighboring states when it is in the best
interests of the student's educational progress." [1998 c 63 § 1.]
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